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A Plainfield Police evidence trailer was burglarized last week, and authorities are trying to account for what may have been stolen from it. The police department used the trailer on the 300 block of East 4th Street to store overflow evidence off-site, Union County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Sheets said. The...

A Union City man who knocked out a car burglar with one punch on a Jersey City street is facing a manslaughter charge after the victim died from his injuries four days later, authorities said. Robert Stevens, 40, was initially charged with aggravated assault days after the Aug. 2 incident...

Another one! New Jersey is about to add its 19th adult-use marijuana dispensary. Business is really booming in the marijuana market here in New Jersey, there's been a strong of dispensaries opening for both medical and recreational, marijuana, and another one is being added to the list this week. According...

Two police officers and two employees of a trucking company in South Plainfield were brought to an area hospital as a precaution after a container believed to be filled nitric acid was found leaking and smoking on Wednesday, authorities said. Various state, county and local officials responded to Jimmy’s Trucking...

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ – Here is the latest case count of COVID-19 in Morris County on August 18, 2022:. The figures reflect COVID-19 positive cases as of the date and time indicated, some cases which may be pending, or have yet to be entered into the system. Please note...

Drought conditions have continued to worsen in New Jersey, with parts of seven counties now under a "severe drought" as rainfall continues to be scarce, according to a new map released by federal officials Thursday. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows portions of Morris, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Union, Somerset and Hunterdon counties in...

A 48-year-old driver subject to a random license plate check by Branchburg police turned out to be wanted to failing to show up in court and had cocaine, heroin and Xanax on him and in his car, authorities said. A township officer patrolling Route 22 scanned John W. Hartrum's plates,...

If you're a fan of great deli as am I then you know all about the Millburn Deli. But did you know that they're expanding into Westfield?. Owners Andrew Morgan and Rich Nemet told NJ.com that they signed a lease to open at 142-44 E. Broad St. They will be...

After a yearlong effort by students, the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education voted earlier this summer to rename Jefferson Elementary School to Delia Bolden Elementary School. Winne Delia Bolden was the first Black woman to graduate from Columbia High School in 1912. Although not much is known about her...

Two service areas along the Garden State Parkway are out of commission for at least nine months, starting this week. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has announced that no food, gasoline and restrooms would be available as of Aug. 17 at the Vauxhall and Brookdale South service areas, which will be demolished and replaced with new facilities.

A violent ex-con fled into the meadows off Route 3 after officers responding to a traffic accident discovered that he'd been wanted on a parole violation. Ali Scott, 35, of Newark, has spent nearly a dozen years combined during three separate state prison stretches since 2006, records show. He served...

A driver who slammed his car through a Linden building caused a victim inside to suffer a medical episode Thursday, Aug. 18, authorities said. The Mazda sedan was heading east on E. St. George Ave when it lost control as it turned onto Adams Street around 3:35 p.m., police said.

The Jersey Journal reports that Veloz owes the Port Authority $52,000.

PLAINFIELD – The Dunellen Rescue Squad and the Piscataway-based River Road Rescue Squad have a memorandum of agreement approved by the City Council to provide mutual aid to city residents, in addition to the Plainfield Rescue Squad. But Timothy Lowe, Plainfield Rescue Squad president, said the need for additional squads is not due...

A barred New Jersey stock broker accused of stealing at least $1 million through a phony investment scheme and fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan of almost $100,000 was arraigned in a Newark federal court on Wednesday.

The Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad recently received a generous donation from ShopRite of Clark. Tiffany Egan, ShopRite’s Associate Relations Manager, presented EMT Susan Alacchi with a check and gift card for ShopRite. ShopRite has been a long supporter of the Squad. Tiffany said the Squad does a great service to the community and is happy that ShopRite can acknowledge that service in some way.

FLORHAM PARK BOROUGH, NJ (Morris County) – A dog scared away burglars who entered a home in Morris County early Wednesday morning. On August 17, multiple suspects attempted to enter vehicles and homes in the Edgewood Road and Circle Road section of Florham Park Borough, police said. The suspects...

Police say the dog was taken from its teen owner by four men while he was on his way to the pet groomer.

Christmas Con 2022 is arriving in Edison, New Jersey, in December — and bringing an abundance of good cheer and holiday movie favorites in its sleigh. PEOPLE can exclusively announce 12 new stars joining Santa's "nice" list from across Hallmark, Lifetime and GAC Family movies: Andrew Walker, Nikki DeLoach, Tyler Hynes, Autumn Reeser, Jen Lilley, Katrina Law, Taylor Cole, Jesse Hutch, Rachel Boston, Kristoffer Polaha, Cindy Busby and Bethany Joy Lenz will all be in attendance.

Federal authorities charged a gas station attendant with planning the robbery of a recently-opened QuickChek where he worked just off the Garden State Parkway. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark accuses Tyrone Crutchfield-Davis, 27, of Linden of plotting the Dec. 15, 2019 holdup on North Avenue at Exit 137 in Cranford with three associates.